Meta continues to face scrutiny over its handling of child sexual abuse material after a new report found that paid advertisements containing AI-generated abuse imagery continued to run on Facebook and Instagram
Criminal behaviour is shaped by a web of economic, social and environmental factors — and researchers across disciplines are working to untangle it. A new feature from Nature highlights the experiences of
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In a recent feature published in Nature, the life and legacy of Gilbert White — the eighteenth-century English curate, naturalist, and self-taught biologist — are revisited through historian Jenny Uglow’s new illustrated
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the license for Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, effective immediately, following the emergence of four new reports of serious adverse events (SAEs) consistent with
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A recent feature in New Scientist highlights growing evidence that chronic inflammation can have profound effects on mental health and cognition, linking long-term immune system activation to conditions ranging from depression and
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A recent feature in New Scientist takes readers on an imaginative journey through the most remarkable events in the history—and future—of our solar system. From its violent birth to its distant, star-lit
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In 1970, the average woman in Mexico could expect to have seven children. By 2014, that figure had dropped to around two. Today, it stands at just 1.6 — a number far
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A team of Chinese surgeons has successfully saved the life of a man whose head was nearly severed in a freak accident involving a robotic arm. The rare and complex operation was
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A Chinese technology company is racing to create what could become the world’s first humanoid robot capable of full-term pregnancy. Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, announced plans to integrate an artificial womb
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Scientists are making striking progress in applying gene-editing technology to one of medicine’s toughest frontiers: the human brain. According to a recent report in Nature, breakthroughs in mice suggest that CRISPR-based tools
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For the first time, scientists have captured real-time footage of a human embryo latching onto a lifelike replica of the uterine lining — a hidden but crucial milestone in early development. The
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